The 43-year-old bureaucrat-turned-businesswoman was successful in her maiden electoral fight. Geetha, who holds masters degree in public administration, worked as deputy collector before joining her husband in managing the Visweswara Group of companies.

Geetha is the daughter of K. Jacob, who was the first graduate from the tribal belt of East Godavari district.

Butta Renuka, who was elected from Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency, hails from the weavers community. The 42-year-old businesswoman, who has passed only the high school, is the first MP from her community. Her husband B.S. Neelakantha is the promoter of Butta Group, which is into hospitality, education, branded retail and automobile sectors.

The undivided Andhra Pradesh had five women MPs in the last Lok Sabha. All the four from Seemandhra were defeated. Three of them were union ministers of state. Pannaba Lakshmi and K. Krupa Rani both failed to get re-elected.

Though D. Purandeswari, daughter of TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao, quit the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party just before the election. She could not escape the defeat.

Botsa Jhansi, wife of former president of Congress party's Andhra Pradesh unit Botsa Satyanarayana, was also defeated.

Actress Vijayashanthi, who was elected to Lok Sabha in 2009 from Medak on TRS ticket, contested this time for the assembly but lost the poll.